The Official Tennis Thread

[pullhard]

Drugs.

your not far off

What is the rate of drugs on tennis?  Like every sport, Gaelic games included

Dr Luis García del Moral - was linked quite heavily with Nadal, barca and real, then the cycling teams.
If Nadal was on the juice i'd imagine  the other lads were dabbling too, i'd imagine this would cross the gender divide too.

No idea about GAA

[SHEEDY]

massive shock in the us open as unseeded roberta vinci beat serena williams in semi final.

[heganboy]

The end to that vinci williams game was unreal! Great great tennis

[Milltown Row2]

Novak under a bitta pressure, lot of breaks due to rain, doesn't look himself

[Orior]

Hingis looking well this evening.

Fine woman.

Hingis looking well this year again too.

[Keyser soze]

Wtf??? that's two years running Rule 1 has been blithely ignored IRO Ms Hingis.....MODS!!!!

[Orior]

Wtf??? that's two years running Rule 1 has been blithely ignored IRO Ms Hingis.....MODS!!!!

Careful now - someone might post a pic of the Williams brothers.

[Fuzzman]

I just happened to tune in to the Cibulkova v Radwanska match last night as I hardly ever watch tennis any more.
Wow what a match to watch although I only saw the last set which went to 9-7.

Couldn't help but compare the excitement of watching this very competitive tight match and how GAA and soccer matches pan out these days where the winner is stronger, fitter more of an athlete rather than a test of true skill.

Yes the William sisters and others have made it into a power game in lots of ways but here were two well matched players giving it their all and being brave playing some exquisite rallies. If you didn't see it yesterday I'd strongly recommend watching it on the Iplayer or youtube.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2016-07-04/cibulkova_edges_out_radwanska_in_thriller.html

[ONeill]

Jaysus Serena wud need a thicker bra.

[muppet]

Jaysus Serena wud need a thicker bra.

If anyone mention a rule less than 2 they should get an immediate month ban.

[No wides]

Young Murray now world number 1 - fair dues!

[PW Nally]

Jaysus Serena wud need a thicker bra.

Not to be worn at SW19 any time soon..
https://youtu.be/LScyCUfROuI

[Orior]

Young Murray now world number 1 - fair dues!

Good job - well done Andy.

[stew]

Well deserved ranking, in any other era he would have maybe ten slams, he is the best in the world right now, no doubt about it.

[Minder]

Well deserved ranking, in any other era he would have maybe ten slams, he is the best in the world right now, no doubt about it.

Sampras era?

Borg/McEnroe/Connors era?